Weekend Birding a success

[jgunther]

Got up early Sunday morning and drove to Boundary Bay and the surrounding area and was greeted by an amazing sunrise. We were hoping to see a snowy or two, some harriers and short eared owls. Nor much in the the way of snowys and short eared but did manage to see a long eared owl for the first time.
Found 3 long eared owls. Lighting wasn,t great but did manage to get a few pictures.

Northern Harrier at sunrise







A pair of sparrows


Then it was off to Reifel and also managed to see and photograph a lifer for me

Great Horned owl (there were 2 of them but one was concealed)


Next up was a Saw-Whet Owl


Along with a ton of eagles, herons, ducks, and small birds, it was a great day.

[Chris]

Great set of pictures John. Always like doing an outing around that area. Lots to see in the winter.

[Peter]

Fantastic captures, jgunther! 

[kenpossum]

Nice! Particularly like the first Harrier image with the orange sky. Getting the two Long-eared in the same shot without one obscured by branches is very difficult to do. Well done!

[trudi]

Sounds like a great day birding!!